Beyond kappa distributions: Exploiting Tsallis statistical mechanics in space plasmas

G Livadiotis, DJ McComas - Journal of Geophysical Research …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Empirically derived kappa distributions are becoming increasingly widespread in space
physics as the power law nature of various suprathermal tails is melded with more classical …

Oblique electrostatic excitations in a magnetized plasma in the presence of excess superthermal electrons

S Sultana, I Kourakis, NS Saini, MA Hellberg - Physics of Plasmas, 2010 - pubs.aip.org
The nonlinear propagation of ion-acoustic waves is considered in a magnetized plasma,
composed of kappa distributed electrons and an inertial ion fluid. The fluid-dynamical …

Oblique propagation of electrostatic waves in a magnetized electron-positron-ion plasma with superthermal electrons

H Alinejad, AA Mamun - Physics of Plasmas, 2011 - pubs.aip.org
A theoretical investigation is carried out to understand the basic features of linear and
nonlinear propagation of ion-acoustic (IA) waves subjected to an external magnetic field in …

Shock waves in magnetized plasmas with superthermal trapped electrons.

S Sultana - Chinese Journal of Physics, 2021 - Elsevier
Formation of ion-acoustic shock waves (IAShWs) and their propagation nature in a
magnetized plasma in the presence of superthermal trapped electrons are investigated for …

Dust acoustic solitary waves in a magnetized electron depleted superthermal dusty plasma

M Shahmansouri, H Alinejad - Physics of Plasmas, 2013 - pubs.aip.org
A theoretical investigation has been made on the oblique propagation of arbitrary dust-
acoustic solitary waves in an electron depleted magnetized dusty plasma which consists of …

Ionization in the earth's atmosphere due to isotropic energetic electron precipitation: ion production and primary electron spectra

I Mironova, G Kovaltsov, A Mishev, A Artamonov - Remote Sensing, 2021 - mdpi.com
Energetic electron precipitation (EEP) via atmospheric ion production rates is a natural force
acting on the atmosphere and climate systems. The correct estimation of EEP ion production …

Oblique propagation of ion-acoustic solitary waves in a magnetized plasma with electrons following a generalized distribution function

S Sultana, S Islam, AA Mamun, R Schlickeiser - Physics of Plasmas, 2019 - pubs.aip.org
A magnetized plasma containing inertial ions and non-inertial electrons following a
generalized distribution function, which reduces to Maxwellian, κ type superthermal, and …

Modulated ion acoustic waves in a plasma with Cairns-Gurevich distribution

SK El-Labany, WF El-Taibany, NA Zedan - Physics of Plasmas, 2017 - pubs.aip.org
The amplitude modulation of ion acoustic envelope solitary waves in the presence of Cairns-
Gurevich distributed electrons has been investigated. Using a reductive perturbation …

Linear and nonlinear propagation of ion-acoustic waves in a multi-ion plasma with positrons and two-temperature superthermal electrons

S Sultana, AA Mamun - Astrophysics and Space Science, 2014 - Springer
Linear and fully nonlinear features of ion-acoustic waves (IAWs) have been investigated by
normal mode analysis (which is valid for extremely small amplitude limit) and …

Dust acoustic localized structures in an electron depleted dusty plasma with two-suprathermal ion-temperature

M Shahmansouri, M Tribeche - Astrophysics and Space Science, 2012 - Springer
Nonlinear dust acoustic (DA) localized structures are studied in two-suprathermal ion-
temperature dusty plasma. The electron number density is assumed to be sufficiently …